NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF INFANT PARTICIPANTS IN A MOTHER-BABY PROGRAM
NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF INFANT PARTICIPANTS IN A MOTHER-BABY PROGRAM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2021.44.10076Keywords:
Breastfeeding, Nutritional status, InfantsAbstract
In recent decades, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Brazil has shown an upward trend, whose main gains were observed between 1986 and 2006, following a stabilization in 2013 that was 36.6%. The present study evaluated nutritional aspects of infants aged 0 to 6 months attended in the Mother-Baby Program. It is a quantitative and retrospective study. A database of mothers and infants treated in the Mother-Baby Program from March 2016 to June 2018 was used. Infants who received EBF and / or mixed until the sixth month of age were included. Birth weight classification and nutritional status classification were described using the weight growth curves for length (P / C) and length for age (C / I), as recommended by WHO. The sample consisted of 79 infants and 34.2% were exclusively breastfed. When correlating P / C with EBF duration, there was no significant difference, however, 26.6% of EBF children were classified as eutrophic when assessed P / C at 06 months of age, and 34.2% of EBF children up to 180 days. were of adequate length for age. When assessing P / C, we observed that 27.8% were born at risk for overweight and after 06 months of age were classified as obese. We can conclude from this study that exclusively breastfed children in the first semester of life had nutritional status of eutrophic, showing that breast milk is the ideal food for proper growth in the first six months of life.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
By publishing in Revista Contexto & Saúde, authors agree to the following terms:
The works are licensed under the Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows:
Share — to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
Adapt — to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial.
These permissions are irrevocable, provided that the following terms are respected:
Attribution — authors must be properly credited, with a link to the license and indication of any changes made.
No additional restrictions — no legal or technological measures may be applied that restrict the use permitted by the license.
Notes:
The license does not apply to elements in the public domain or covered by legal exceptions.
The license does not grant all rights necessary for specific uses (e.g., image rights, privacy, or moral rights).
The journal is not responsible for opinions expressed in the articles, which are the sole responsibility of the authors. The Editor, with the support of the Editorial Board, reserves the right to suggest or request modifications when necessary.
Only original scientific articles presenting research results of interest that have not been published or simultaneously submitted to another journal with the same objective will be accepted.
Mentions of trademarks or specific products are intended solely for identification purposes, without any promotional association by the authors or the journal.
License Agreement (for articles published from September 2025): Authors retain copyright over their article and grant Revista Contexto & Saúde the right of first publication.
